Call for Papers: American Dialect Society 2009 Annual Meeting in Portland

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> Date: Fri, 11 Apr 2008 17:18:14 -0400
> From: gbarrett at WORLDNEWYORK.ORG
> Subject: Fwd: Call for Papers: American Dialect Society 2009 Annual Meeting in Portland
> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>
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> Sender: American Dialect Society
> Poster: Grant Barrett
> Subject: Fwd: Call for Papers: American Dialect Society 2009 Annual
> Meeting in Portland
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> Please note that the location of the conference in Portland, Ore., is
> provisional. There is a possibility of a hotel-workers' strike and LSA
> is working on options. Confirmation of the location and full details
> about the hotel will be available at the LSA website, http://www.lsadc.org
> . I will post the details here when they are available.
>
> Grant Barrett
> Vice President of Communications and Technology
> American Dialect Society
> http://www.americandialect.org
> gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>> From: Grant Barrett
>> Date: April 11, 2008 16:15:45 EDT
>> To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject: Call for Papers: American Dialect Society 2009 Annual
>> Meeting in Portland
>> Reply-To: American Dialect Society
>>
>> ADS Executive Secretary Allan Metcalf writes:
>>
>> From Thursday, January 8, 2009, through Saturday, January 10, ADS
>> will hold its next annual meeting at the Hilton Portland and Executive
>> Tower in the heart of Portland, Oregon, hosted as usual by the
>> Linguistic Society of America.
>>
>> Monday, August 11 is the deadline for proposals for 20-minute
>> presentations. All you need is a title and an abstract of 150 to 300
>> words. Send it via e-mail to Executive Secretary Allan Metcalf atamericandialect at mac.edu
>> .
>>
>> Presenters must be current members of the American Dialect Society.
>> Join here (subscribing to the journal is the same thing as becoming a
>> member):
>>
>> http://www.dukeupress.edu/americanspeech/
>>
>> Audio-visual equipment: An LCD projector will be available for all
>> presentations. If you will need other equipment such as an overhead
>> projector, a tape player, or a CD player, please say so when you send
>> your proposal.
>>
>> Scheduling: If you have a preference for day or time of your
>> presentation, please indicate that too. We cannot guarantee the time
>> you prefer, but the program committee will try to accommodate you. The
>> meeting will follow our customary schedule:
>>
>> Thursday, January 8: Executive Council and annual business meeting in
>> the afternoon. Program session in late afternoon, followed by Words of
>> the Year nominations.
>>
>> Friday, January 9: Programs sessions in morning and afternoon. Words
>> of the Year vote and Bring-Your-Own-Book reception in the early
>> evening.
>>
>> Saturday, January 10: Program sessions in morning and afternoon;
>> Annual Luncheon in between.
>>
>> Proposals will be judged anonymously by a committee chaired by Connie
>> Eble, ADS president-elect. If your proposal is accepted, you’ll be
>> asked for an abstract of no more than 200 words for the LSA program.
>>
>> Session chairs: If you’re interested in chairing a session, let the
>> Executive Secretary know at americandialect at mac.edu. Tell him any
>> preference you have for time or topic.
>>
>> Special sessions: If you’re interested in proposing an entire session
>> rather than an individual paper, don’t wait till August. Get in touch
>> with the program chair now at cceble at email.unc.edu.
>>
>> Teaching panel: As usual, the ADS Committee on Teaching will sponsor a
>> panel at the annual meeting. If you would like to propose a 20-minute
>> talk, send your proposal directly to the chair of the Committee on
>> Teaching,Anne Curzan, at acurzan at umich.edu. Her deadline is also
>> August 11.
>>
>> Specially for students: Four travel grants of $500 each will be
>> awarded to students whose papers have been chosen for the program.
>> Furthermore, all students who are members of ADS are invited to attend
>> the Annual Luncheon for free.
>>
>> Hotel and registration: ADS members will be eligible to reserve rooms
>> and register for the meeting at LSA member rates. For details see http://www.lsadc.org
>> .
>>
>> Future LSA-ADS meeting: 2010 January 7–9 Baltimore.
>>
>> Grant Barrett
>> Vice President of Communications and Technology
>> American Dialect Society
>> http://www.americandialect.org
>> gbarrett at worldnewyork.org
>>
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